daily morning and evening meditations

02/21/2014

Evening Prayer February 23, 2014

Wisdom guide us in our relationships, in love and out of disappointment, in joy and away from fear, in thankfulness and away from taking others for granted, in compassion and away from perfectionism. If we endure violence, may we know that sometimes the most loving thing to do is leave, sometimes the most loving thing to do is say and live "no". And may friends and strangers help us on the way to peace and safety. If we create joy each day for another, and offer it up as gift and blessing, may we find it received and appreciated; may we be offered joy created for us as a gift and blessing. And may friends and strangers celebrate the joyful with us. In all our relationships, may we ground them with gratitude, with appreciation for the person each is, the gifts each has, the weaknesses and struggles that compose who we are as surely as the blessings; may we gladly share our appreciation and our gratitude, and be ready always to surprise and be surprised by wonder and delight. Wisdom guide us in our relationships, in love and out of disappointment, in joy and away from fear, in thankfulness and away from taking others for granted, in compassion and away from perfectionism. Wherever we are, whoever we are with, may we tend each other with respect and dignity and care at least as well as we would wish for ourselves, and oftener a great deal better. Amen.